The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 10

10THE WHIG-STANDARD Monday June 17 1991 Cultural differences and COMMUNITY SERVICE their impact on health care are subjects of meeting public forum three hours later Donations to the Lung Association at the Yuletide exceeded 189000 reports Diane Peacock retiring president of -the Frontenac Lennox-Addingtlon Region "The final figure was $83892 an Increase of 74 per cent over our gohl of she said at the group's recent annual meeting at Howard Confederation Place Hotel Ms Peacock said the Lung Association's annual asthma appeal is also nearing its objective reached $2225 which is almost 91 per cent of our goal of $24500" Donations totalling $8369 were made to the area Lung Assocation last year as memorial gifts for the support of medical research Upcoming this tail is the Lung third annual and Hike for Lungs" appeal with an objective of $10000 event booked for Sunday Sept 12 is for the serious and the not-as-serious cyclist with two routes one of 95 km distance and a shorter one of 35 km" Ms Peacock said day long event will also include -games hiking and a barbecue" Participants will be eligible to win several prizes Last grand prize was a 12-speed Mln-elli road bike valued at $500 Aim of the regional Lung Association is the Improvement of respiratory health through fund-raising activities for the support of medical research and community health programs Two organizations The Alzheimer Society of Klngeton and the Klngeton chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ceneda will benefit from a charity golf tournament on June 21 organized by RaMax LoyaDet Realty Limited Dr Morton Beiser head of the Canadian task force on mental health Issues affecting immigrants and refugees Other speakers are Dr Raphl Masl co-ordinator of multicultural health for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Steve Lurie co-ordinator of the health mental health addictions programs Also on the same date June 19 community advisory board will hold Its sixth annual public forum commencing at 7 pm in the amphitheatre Dr Pierre Leichner the newly appointed psychiatrist-in-chlef at KPH will speak on The Meaning of Caring for the Mentally 111 Prior to his local appointment Dr Leichner was the director of the Community Psychiatric Centre Douglas Hospital in Verdun Que and associate professor In the department of psychiatry at McGill University Community board members will meet at 4 pm and attend the IN BRIEF: him with a swollen mouth and nose and sore ribs He was sentenced to seven days in jail placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to participate in counselling for anger control Mr Bush was already on probation for a similar offence when he committed the assault Nancy Vandusen 41 of Barrie Street was convicted of two thefts from the AAP store during which she stole about $10 worth of merchandise She was fined $50 placed on probation for one year and ordered to complete the Salvation Positive Life-style Program She was also assessed a $7 victim fine-surcharge Court was told that the financial means of Ms family are modest and that the items she stole were necessities rather than luxuries Allen Scott 53 of Alamein Drive was convicted of impaired driving fined $750 placed on probation for six months and assessed a $1 12 victim fine-surcharge Anthony Green 25 of Perth Road was convicted of a theft from Zeller's department store and was fined $150 and assessed a $22 victim fine-surcharge Angel Martin 19 of Holland Crescent pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of soft-soled leather shoes valued at $2499 from Sean She was fined $100 and assessed a $15 victim fine-surcharge Ms Martin stole the shoes for a job she had just started David Easton 29 of RR 1 Gananoque pleaded guilty to stealing aT package of cucumber seeds and a package of light-bulbs with a combined value of $379 He was fined $200 and assessed a $30 victim fine-surcharge Mr Easton a Oass-A mechanic who disclosed an annual income of about $40000 said he could give no explanation for the theft Jeffrey Journal 31 of Weller Avenue was convicted of fraud and using forged documents on two occasions in connection with a double claim for an income tax rebate He was sentenced to four months in jail Having already received his rebate court was told Mr Journal filed a second return and collected an additional $43197 to which he was not entitled He also has a record of previous conviction for unemployment insurance fraud which resulted in his having to repay $4000 in benefits illegally received Brian Wilkins 31 of Perth Road pleaded guilty to driving after drinking enough to Increase his blood-alcohol to more than the maximum legal concentration of 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood He was fined $450 prohibited for three months from driving in Canada and assessed a $67 victim fine-surcharge Mr Wilkins ran a stop Sign on County Road 9 in Loughborough Township and fell off his motorcycle when he stopped for police unnnniMinMRiwvUmOM ont lattar to cacti aQucra to form touranSiMiy wonta charge of the child who misbehaved and then fled to avoid punishment and he suggested his client not to have been given that responsibility" in the first place Federal penitentiary inmate Daniel Cameron 29 pleaded guilty to an old 1988 charge from Quebec of stealing $175 from the room of a man with whom he was supposed to be boarding He was sentenced to six months in jail to be served simultaneously with his existing prison term Mr Cameron told the court that his anticipated date of release under mandatory supervision is February 1992 Peter Doulas 37 of Old Colony Road was convicted of violating a section of the Immigration Act by employing a person illegally in Canada to do odd-jobs around his Verona restaurant He was fined $300 Mr Doulas was presumed under law to have known that the man was illegally employed because he provided him with work for several months without receiving a Social Insurance Number and paid him cash Kevin Corcoran 34 of Bath Road was convicted of assault violating a condition of his probation and twice violating conditions of his bail He was sentenced to three months in jail Barry Bergeron 31 of Ottawa was convicted of impaired driving sentenced to 21 days in jail placed on probation for six months and prohibited for two years from driving in Canada Roy Gilpin 34 of Portsmouth Avenue who was on mandatory parole supervision following his release from penitentiary was convicted of committing an aggravated assault on another man by wounding him and of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace a survival knife He was sentenced to seven years in prison and prohibited for five years from having any firearm ammunition or explosive devise in his possession Notes: Apart from the Canada-wide driving prohibitions imposed by the courts persons convicted of drinking driving Mrs Lynn Hall a co-executive director of the Alzheimer Society said the competitive matches will commence at 8 am at the Amherstvlew Golf and Country Club Entry fees at $75 a golfer which Include a banquet and prizes are being accepted at the ReMax ofices 384-3333 and 544-3331 Caregivers of Alzheimer patients are urged to attend a public meeting on Thursday June 27 when a panel of experts will speak on the subject Moving From Home No Easy Task Mrs Hall said the panel will be comprised of Jean Davison manager of placement co-ordination services Sheila Connop director of social work at the area health unit and Tracey Gourlay occupational therapist at the Kingston-Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit The meeting is scheduled for 8 pm in the Wilson room of the Kingston Public Library offences such as impaired driving or driving with more than the legal concentration of alcohol in their systems automatically have their driving privileges suspended in Ontario for a period of at least dhe year by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications A new provision of the Criminal Code of Canada now requires that judges in addition to the usual penalties imposed on law breakers levy a victim fine-surcharge upon conviction far any criminal offence (including criminal driving offences all Narcotic Control Act offences and selected offences under the Food and Drugs Act where those charges have been laid since July 31 Where the penalty for the offence is a fine the surcharge levied by the courts is set at 15 per cent of the total Where the court's disjx)sition involves a jail sentence or probation rather than fines the amount of the surcharge is at the discretion of the judge but may not exceed $35 However judges are not required to impose the surcharge where a convicted person can "show cause" for an exemption by establishing his or her inability to pay The monies collected through this means are intended to establish a fund to provide services for the victims of crime People wanting confidential help with an alcohol andor drug problem can contact one of these OThe Alcohol and Drug Education Centre (ADEC) 54M786 The Hotel Dieu Hospital Detox Centre 5496461 Kairos (concerned with young people and drugs) 542-6559 The Kingston Alcohol Refer ra 1 Centre (KARC) 546-1758 The Salvation Army Harbour Light Centre 546-2333 The Lennox and Addington Addiction Service 354 -6624 North Frontenac Community Services 279-3151 Alcoholics Anonymous 546-9010 Kingswood Centre 549-7898 iwwftiarn consideration for cultural differences health care providers may actually contribute to a claims Gaye Hill multicultural health-care trainer at Kingston Psychiatric Hospital Noting that a culturally plura- listic society creates new challenges for health-care providers KPH aims to draw attention to the issue on Wednesday June 19 with a multicultural health-care conference differences Impact on health-care practices in very profound said Ms Hill and facility in English or French the two official languages in Canada is the area where we experience difficulty most frequently" cultural differences are evident in other areas in our dietary habits our concepts of health disease and illness our expectations of health-care institutions and providers our religious practices and rituals in birthing and dying" The following cases were heard in Ontario Court of Justice Provincial Division in Kingston the week of June 10 to June 14 and in Sharbot Lake June 6 1991 Shawn Godfrey 23 of Curtis Crescent who was already serving a jail term was convicted of violating a condition of his bail and sentenced to an additional 15 days in jaiL Robert Giffin 41 of RR 1 Arden was convicted of Impaired driving fined $400 prohibited for seven months from driving In Canada and assessed a $60 victim fine-surcharge Byren Madill 47 of Park Street was convicted of assault given a suspended sentence placed on probation for two years and assessed a $35 victim fine-surcharge Clover Mack 41 of Concession Street was convicted of theft fined $100 and assessed a $15 victim fine-surcharge Ian Sullivan- 29 of Canadian Forces Base Kingston was convicted of impaired driving fined $600 pnd placed on probation for four months Desmond Doyle 54 of De-drick Drive was convicted of driving after drinking enough to increase his blood-alcohol to more than the maximum legal concentration of 80 mg of alcohol in every 100 ml of his blood He was fined $650 placed on probation for three months prohibited for nine months from driving in Canada and assessed a $97 victim fine-surcharge Donald Hickey 28 of Portsmouth Avenue was convicted of assault and violating a condition of his bail He was sentenced to one day in jail and assessed $70 in victim fine-surcharges Richard Burton 38 of Cowdy Street pleaded guilty to violating a condition of his ball that prohibited him from consuming alcohol He waf sentenced to 30 days in jail Darryl Smith 23 bf Bagot Street was convicted of using a forged document and was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for six months Linda Deschenes 37 of McLelland Court was convicted of impaired driving fined $900 prohibited for 18 months from driving in Canada and assessed a $135 victim fine-surcharge Andrew Simmons 19 of Nelson Street was convicted of taking a motor vehicle without the consent and was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for one year William Brown 56 of Montreal Street was convicted of driving with more than the maximum legal concentration of alcohol in his system He was fined $300 and prohibited for one year from driving in Canada James Doucette 33 of Russell Street was convicted of assault and violating a condition of his ball He was sentenced to 30 days in jaiL Frank Sondy 36 of Patrick Street was convicted of driving with more than the maximum legal concentration of alcohol In his system He was fined $750 and prohibited for one year from driving in Canada Paul Burke 34 of Montreal Street was convicted of having possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced to four months in jaiL George Smith 22 of Portsmouth Avenue was convicted of driving with more than the legal concentration of alcohol In his system He was fined $500 and prohibited for six months from driving in Canada Thomas Cawker 21 of Arden was convicted in Sharbot Lake of having possession of property obtained by crime four break-ins and a theft He was sentenced to four months in jail and placed on probation for two yean Douglas Millar 22 of Kanata way convicted in Sharbot Lake of a Ms Hill said that Incidents of non-compliance to medical treatment as well as misdiagnosis all too frequent in situations where patient and professional are from different cultural backgrounds" coupled with a lack of sensitivity for the cultural difference of either individual The conference scheduled from 9 am to 4 pm in KPH's general activities building will bring together medical professionals and health-care providers Among the keynote speakers is break-in and was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation for 15 months Karen Landry whose address is unknown was convicted in Sharbot Lake of theft given a suspended sentence placed on probation and ordered to make $240 restitution to her victim Michael Hickey of RR 1 Tichbome was convicted in Sharbot Lake of making harassing telephone calls driving while he was prohibited from operating a motor vehicle in Canada and'violating the terms of his recognizance of release by foiling to present himself for photographs and finger prints in compliance with the Identification of Criminals Act and by foiling to attend court He was also convicted of violating a condition of his probation and the statuatory offence of trespass to property He was sentenced to 165 days in jail and fined $100 The following cases were heard in Ontario Court of Justice Provincial Division In Kingston the week of June 3 to June 7 1991- Gregory Lunn 29 of Mac-Pherson Avenue pleaded guilty to Impaired driving and was fined $450 prohibited for six months and assessed a $67 victim fine-surcharge Mr was accelerating rapidly and fish-tailing on slippery pavement on Ontario Street in front of the Department Store at 2:10 am just before police stopped him His lawyer Bruce Nelson told the court that his client's gas pedal locked causing the cat's erratic manoeuvring Anthony Babcock 29 of Weller Avenue pleaded guilty to violating a condition of his bail that prohibited him from entering the home he shared with his spouse while a charge that he assaulted her was pending before the courts He was fined $250 and assessed a $37 victim fine-surcharge Court was told that Mr Babcock inadvisedly agreed to the condition at his bail hearing even though his spouse opposed the laying of the assault charge and the couple had no intention of living apart His ball was subsequently amended to remove the condition after application was made to the court and Mr Babcock was eventually fined $150 for the assault Thomas Moore 33 of RR 1 Battersea pleaded guilty to Impaired driving and was sentenced to 21 days in jaiL placed on probation for six months and prohibited for two years from driving in Canada Mr Moore has a previous 1987 conviction for driving with more than the legal concentration of alcohol in his system On this occasion he was stopped by police on Portsmouth Avenue at 1:35 am because of his erratic driving Leslie Garrison 35 of Harrowsmith pleaded guilty to driving while impaired in Portland Township He was fined $800 placed on probation for six months prohibited for 15 months from driving -in Canada and assessed a $120 victim fine-surcharge Mr Garrison was driving home from a house when he lost control of his vehicle struck a parked pick-up triick and rolled Court was told that his vehicle received $5000 damage which his insurance will not cover and that he overindulged that night because it was the second anniversary of his father's death Thomas Lake 25 whose address is unknown pleaded guilty to trafficking hashish by selling two grams of the narcotic for $20 to an undercover police officer at the Weller Avenue Plaza He also pleaded guilty to having possession of a prohibited weapon a butterfly knife which he claimed he did not know was illegal when he bought It that day He was sentenced to 60 days in Jail fined $200 and assessed $65 in victim fine- surcharges Kenneth Bush 18 of Rose-mount Terrace was convicted of assaulting another man leaving In The Courts Earnest Keeping 33 of Bath Road pleaded guilty to impaired driving was fined $750 placed on probation for six months prohibited for 12 months from driving in Canada and assessed a $112 victim fine-surcharge Mr Keeping was stopped by police after his vehicle was clocked on Highway 33 doing 97 km-h in a 60 km-h zone Elizabeth Andrews 26 of RR 3 Napanee pleaded guilty to stealing two bottles of make-up valued at $23 from a local drugstore and was fined $100 and assessed a $15 victim fine-surcharge Peter Curran 34 of no fixed address pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining lodging at the Rest-Inn 686 Princess SL and was sentenced to 12 days in jail placed on probation for one year ordered to participate in treatment for his alcohol abpse problem and to make restitution of $18689 to the motel Mr Curran paid for his first stay at the motel but failed to check out the next day and did not respond to Inquiries from the front desk although he spent six hours making long-distance telephone calls to Hamilton After the police were summoned Mr Curran promised to make good his debt the following morning when the banks opened However when the next day arrived he had left without paying his bill Christian Lacroix 30 of Basswood Place pleaded guilty to two separate charges of possession of stolen licence plates impaired driving dangerous driving and violating a condition of his bail that required him to report to police regularly He also pleaded guilty to violating a condition of the probation he was placed on last August that required him to keep the peace and be of good behavior He was sentenced to nine months in jail given his choice of paying a $750 fine or serving an additional 33 days in jail and prohibited for periods of one year and two years from driving in Canada He was also assessed a $112 victim fine-surcharge Mr Lacroix's lawyer Fergus O'Connor told the court that most of his client's three-page record of property offences involves the theft of licence plates He also said that Mr Lacroix is of low intelligence and from a significant mental illness" that causes him to hear voices However the impaired and dangerous driving charges are a new wrinkle The impaired driving charge was laid after police found a car without plates in a ditch near the Austrian Club and Mr Lacroix Intoxicated and hiding behind the Austrian Cub The dangerous driving charge arose on another occasion after Mr Lacroix was reported using his car to chase a nine-year-old boy on a bicycle around the neighborhood near Basswood Place Mr said his client had been left in THAT SCRAMBLED WOftO OAME by Hand Arnold and Bob Lm IN MANY dims THE UNPIKVKKLP 15 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